Following the US threat to withhold further arms should Israeli troops begin a large-scale push into the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday said that Berlin is considering similar steps. “This is currently being discussed,” the minister told the German broadcaster ZDF’s programme Heute Journal on Thursday evening. However, the responsibility for this lies with the Chancellery and the Foreign Office, he said. They had discussed it “behind closed doors.” When asked by the presenter whether he understood the US government’s move, Pistorius said:…